Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1887-08-31
IRISH NATIONAL LEAGUE.
THE RESOLUTION OFFERED BY GLAD
STONE DEFEATED.

| The Debate In the House of COmmons-Re
| joicing in the Camp of the Coercionist
To BE vigorously Attacked from Nov
On and the Crimes Act Enforced.
LONDON, Aug. 29-After debate OF tw
nights in which Gladstone, Trevelyan, HaT
court, and several Irish members supported
| and Balfour, Webster, Harrington, ant
others opposed the resolution offered by Glad
stone declaring the proclamation of the lrisi
National league unreasonable and wrong
it was negatiyed by seventy eight majority
About all the Unionists present, excep
Chamberlain and Ceilings, voted with tn
government. Redmond, home ruler, de
Tended boycotting, declaring that it was nee
essary and justiiable sometimes, while the
other orators on that side insisted that thu
league was opposed to outrage, and thai
there was no crime in Ireland to speak Of
which state of affairs the league was to be
thanked for. Harrington held that the
league was the instrument of terrorism, and
prevented record of crime in Ireland by
making it unsafe for witnesses to tell what
they knew. In short the Tories held there
was no crime in the Green Isle because no.
body dared tell of it.
The governments majority was genuine
surprise to both sides. 1t had been predicted
by many Liberals that the margin in favor
of the ministry would not be above SO, and
even the most sanguine Conservatives did not
in view of the scant attendance and the de-
fection of some of the Unionists, who, as a
party in this case, were an unknown guam
tity, claim more than 65. When, therefore,
the result became generally known through
the medium of the morning newspapers,
there was general rejoicing among Con-
servatives, and faint realization among the
opponents of the government that the Sails
bury cabinet was not really so helpless as it
had been represented to be by those who de-
sired its downfall. The consistent support of
the Unionist members has greatly stiffened
the vertebrB of the government, and it may
now be set down as certainty that the cam
paign against the league will be conducted
with all the vigor that the law and the ami
mus of tho Irish government officials can
ESqg to beaA ..
,fhe debate in the house, although quite
spirited, was conducted with unusual freedom
from angry retort and exasperating innu endo,
and the Irish members who took part in the
discussion were, with only one exception,
marvelously temperate and guarded in their
expressions The unfortunate declaration of
William Redmond that boycotting was not
only justifiable, but in many cases necessary,
is generally deplored. Mr. Redmond should
be condemned to frequent rehearsals of the
adage, "The truth is not to be. spoken at all
times, and as often reminded that one of the
times when its avoidance is desirable is when
adherence to it is discriminating.
The people of Ireland will have difficult
task before them for the next few months.
and upon their patient endurance and un-
qualified heed of the advice of their leaders
depends entirely the chances of speedy relief
from the burdens imposed upon them by the
gov ernments application of its despotic
power The voluntary connection Of a num-
Der of Eng lish commoners with the league
will vastly improve the prospects of that or.
ganization continuing its work in defiance of
the Dublin government and the league may
be considered abundantly able to take care OF
itself; but its most difficult work will be that
Of restraining Sthe peasantry, under the
rroisht OF extreme provocat1on, from re-
sorting to deeds of violence Nobody
believes that the government, having pro-
claimed the league, will stop there If
the organization is not the lawleSs association
the government declares it to be- means will
be found to provoke it to infractions of the
law other than the mere act of holding meet
ngs despite the official prohibition. If the
peasantry are not stepped to the eyes in crime,
rs they are pictured by the government
orators one way Or another will ba opsn ed
10 bring them into conflict with the authori-
ties. Both the league and the people must be
ever In on their guard The people will
assist the league by preserving silence
in regard to its movements, and the league
must assist the people in turn by constant
of their interests in the future,
IS in the past, and by continuous exhortation
against self-inficted injury through indis-
erect and imnulsive resort to acts defined as
,rimes By the coercion bill